Pirate Babe Painted

[Maruchan]

Original Sketch:
http://liquid_art.250free.com/pirateweb.jpg

WIP Digital Painting:
http://liquid_art.250free.com/piratepaint.jpg

As you can see my digital painting skills arn't on par with my drawing skills, so I'm just trying to improve them. Anyway, this is just about done, need to tighten up some areas, finish the face, and add/subtract a few things. How am I doing??

[Brium]

First of all I will say this work is far above anything I can do at the current time. I'm far from a "professinal" so it's up to you if you want to take my word or not, but I try to help when I can.

The attention to detail in this piece is great. I really like the wood grain on the gun, the deatail in the strands of hair is amazing, and the colors are superb. Very good piece.

Some things I noticed were the belt doesn't have a tongue on it. It would be on her right hand side, but it's not there in your drawing or painting. May have been something overlooked. Maybe some more work on the abs. Right now they are long, but don't have any horizontal lines to define them. Also, maybe i'm staring at her too long ;) but her right eye may be farther away from her nose than her left?

Anyway, you have a great piece here and I can't wait to see it when it's finished. I like what she says in the drawing.

[evolve]

i have two small suggestions.
maybe more value, like more shading in the folds of her pants. it could use some darker blues where the pant legs touch

and her face looks super pretty, modelish, you know? i saw a much tougher pirate in the drawing, and liked that.

[Flip]

Firstly, I really like the sketch, it looks great, now on to the crits...

I like most of the clothing, however with the top and pants you need darker shadows, even in the sash.
Don't paint the strands of hair individually, it'll look a lot better if you paint it as blocks, also there's not enough variation, I think you should look at some references for this.
Face: where are the dark tones? There are a lot more shadows in any face than are shown in what you've painted there, might want to look for some references for this as well but you should be able to see what I mean just by looking in the mirror.
The skin in general needs a bit of work, the light colour is way too grey, all of it seems to be quite desaturated. There's a lot more colour in skin, some sections are more red, others more yellow, etc. For the skin again I recommend getting references for the type of skin you're after.
It'd also be a good idea to soften the abs and neck, they look way too defined.
Just in general, I think you need to bump up the saturation with a number of things, don't be afraid of colour.

I hope that's of some help.

[azjohnl]

I guess my advice is done be afraid to deepen some of the shadows, also convert your image to gray scale and see how its looking in light and darks. Its a really nice picture though and should look great when done (already looking nice!)

[ningonango]

I love it!
My only comment to add to some of theirs is that that comes from being a gun enthusiast for the past several years.

I have never heard of a black powder pistol that has the wood stock come and curve over the top of the barrel, the barrel should come all the way back to where the grip begins.

Make the barrel sit into the curvature of the wood stock with deep shadow right next to the wood...

The action should be on the side of the pistol where the flint can spark the opening in the right of the barrel

also every black powder weapon must have a "long starter" or a plunger-type rod that will push the bullet down the barrel tight into the wad and powder. This rod usually seats directly under the barrel.

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchstation/images/fsnegs/x2/d4682.jpg

of course it is entirely possible that you dont care. Thats cool too.. even if you left it like it is, it is a magnificent piece

Anyway,

Nolan

[Maruchan]

Thanks a lot for the comments guys, I agree with all of them. I havn't had access to my wacom all weekend, but I've got it now, and I'll try and put all your crituques to work!

Oh and an extra special thanks to ningonango for the great picture of the gun. As you know, I drew this with no referances, and this pic will help a lot, so thanks!

I'll try and finish this asap for you guys...

[deviousg]

I will probably get tagged for resurrecting threads but..

The sketch is cool!

I think if you started with more dynamic lighting. Boot up poser and start playing with lights, it is all so flatly lit..

Try using bigger brushes, broader more epressive strokes..

[JOST]

First. Your drawing skills are very impressive.

The problem with your paintings are very easy to answer.
You know that you have no experience with digital painting -so you`re in fear to paint over your drawing. The result is a schematic painting without dynamic. Be free to develop your painting. Don`t look to the stroke of your drawing. Rework your painting completely with your wacom ...

I think you don`t have to spend a lot of time to become good painting skills because your`re a good drawer. But it gets you down. Don`t worry i think you will make great strides soon.